People diagnosed with mesothelioma typically live six months to a year. Having exhausted her options with conventional chemotherapy and seeking to extend her life, DiRusso will undergo a procedure called HIPEC — hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy — on Dec. 10.
Her cancer has already spread to her ovaries, uterus, and small bowel. To remove the tumors, surgeons will make a long incision in her abdomen, and then give her a full hysterectomy and perhaps remove part of her bowel. After the organs are removed, doctors will bathe her abdomen in a chemotherapy agent heated to 107 degrees for 90 minutes. All told, the surgery could take 10 hours.
Unlike most mesothelioma patients, DiRusso was diagnosed at an early age, so her chances of recovering from the HIPEC are better. “Lucky people get a few more years," she said, “but that’s not good enough.”
她当初应该是真的生病了吧
我记得她那时候去DC做的就是这个HIPEC
今天刚好看新闻看到了
这个到底在医学界什么地位？
https://www.inquirer.com/education/a/mesothelioma-philadelphia-school-district-lea-dirusso-cancer-20191121.html
People diagnosed with mesothelioma typically live six months to a year. Having exhausted her options with conventional chemotherapy and seeking to extend her life, DiRusso will undergo a procedure called HIPEC — hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy — on Dec. 10.
Her cancer has already spread to her ovaries, uterus, and small bowel. To remove the tumors, surgeons will make a long incision in her abdomen, and then give her a full hysterectomy and perhaps remove part of her bowel. After the organs are removed, doctors will bathe her abdomen in a chemotherapy agent heated to 107 degrees for 90 minutes. All told, the surgery could take 10 hours.
Unlike most mesothelioma patients, DiRusso was diagnosed at an early age, so her chances of recovering from the HIPEC are better. “Lucky people get a few more years," she said, “but that’s not good enough.”